2. Chair's Report - Meetings attended included the
following: Nursing / DH School Dean Search; President's
Advisory Council (Neubauer presented his testimony to the
legislature); meeting with Rolf Kudritzki to choose
researchers to meet with WASC team; meeting to determine
VPAA search committee composition (the search is delayed
because an interim VP will be announced first); meeting with
Ron Arena (fundraising consultant), who asked about faculty
opinions on Dobelle and UH-Foundation; GEC meeting
(articulation issues were discussed); Nursing Dean Search;
MME (plus-minus grading was discussed, as was the
composition of the research representation to meet with
WASC).

3. Jeanie Oka and David Stegenga (GEC) - Wild card option
- Three WC options have been proposed so far this year, but
none have been approved. Part of the problem is that there
is no description available of "extraordinary
educational experience" (the criteria for acceptance),
and it is not clear what was the original objective of the
WC option. Is it for retroactive credit for experiences by
non-tradtional students or is it for projects that are
proposed to be conducted in the future? The GEC passed a
resolution requesting that the SEC remove the WC option;
however, such a change would require a Senate vote. Instead,
the SEC encouraged the GEC to keep the WC option for the
time being, but to keep a file of all WC applications and
the decisions on them; this information would be useful for
future assessment of the WC option.

4. Committee Reports CA - Meda reported that the
committee now knows about the BOR policy that stipulates the
existence of an Athletic Advisory Board; in some respects
this board duplicates the purposes of the CA.

CFS - David reported that the senate ballots are out. The
composition of the ad-hoc committee on governance structure
was discussed by the CFS; the following were proposed as
members: Casey Jarman, Halina Zalinsky (if student support
is available), Lorenz Magaard, and Emily Hawkins. The SEC
also needs two faculty (preferably women) nominees for the
Aquarium Director Search Committee, and a faculty member for
the OSA review committee.

CSA - Meda reported that the committee is waiting on the
delivery of memos from the administration on proposed
tuition increase before addressing this issue.